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School board accepts stadium bids

By Robert Herrington • robert@youarecurrent.com The Westfield Washington School Board took another step to making the new Riverview Health football stadium a reality on July development 1 by approving 14 bids worth $6.6 million.

In addition to the costs, Westfield Supt. Dr. Mark Keen said soft costs were estimated at $1 million – with one-third of that amount being a contingency fund.

“It’s a flat site so we’re really overestimating,” he said. “We’re reducing the costs as we go forward.”

Keen said the district needs $7.6 million to build the new community stadium without a home Keen locker room. The settlement with INDOT provided $600,000 and the first investment from the City of Westfield of $1.5 million will come later this month. Also later this month, the district expects to close the land sale deal west of Shamrock Boulevard for $3.5 million.

“That’s $5.6 (million) of the $7.6 (million) that we need. It’ll be a month before we get working and we’ll be building in two months,” Keen said. “That’s enough money to do the field, lights and track. We can’t do anything else but that’s why we don’t need all of the money up front.”

Keen said the district has a few options to raise the remaining $2 million. Half will come from the second City of Westfield investment, which comes after development begins. The remaining $1 million could come from the sale of land east of Shamrock Boulevard, which includes the district’s administration building. Another option is to issue a general obligation bond for the amount, which would be paid by naming rights, donations and the capital campaign.

The Break down • Total costs (hard and soft) for stadium bids – $7.6 million • INDOT settlement – $600,000 • City of Westfield investments – $2.5 million ($1.5 million now and another $1 million when development occurs) • Sale of land west of Shamrock Boulevard – $3.5 million • Sale of land east of Shamrock Boulevard – $1 million • Sponsor donations – $165,000 annually from Riverview Health, Estridge Foundation and Sodexho.

“We could easily support the $1 million without going into taxpayer money. We keep our promise (of not using taxpayer funds),” Keen said.

WWS Business Director Nick Verhoff said contracts will be issued upon financing and permit approvals.

“The money is there to pay for what we approve tonight,” he said.

Verhoff said the capital campaign has paid $100,000 for engineering fees.

“The capital campaign will continue with more names opening,” Verhoff said. “We have additional facilities to name – soccer fields, baseball and softball and the football field. Hopefully we’ll accelerate now with dirt being turned.”

Verhoff estimates the district will receive $210,000 annually from different signed agreements for naming rights.

Phil Passen of Meyer Najem Construction said the project has a 10-month schedule.

“We’ll have the football field and track available for March 1. We’ll be very close for graduation,” he said.

Keen said the football team will at least be able to practice on the field in the fall.

BID WINNERS The Westfield Washington School Board approved 14 bid contracts equating to $6,615,463 at the July 1 meeting.

The bid package, recommended bidder and contract amount include: • Sitework and paving – Millenium - $1,028,652 • Fencing – R&C Fence – $125,960 • Synthetic turf – Sprinturf – $582,200 • Synthetic track – Globe Asphalt – $379,800

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DISPATCHES Fish fry – Christ United Methodist Church in Westfield, 318 N. Union St., will host its annual fish fry, which began in 1941, from 5 to 8 p.m.

July 11 and 12 in the church’s Family Life Center.

All handmade items are ala carte, including fish sandwiches, coleslaw, baked beans, potato salad, pie, cake and brownies. Carry out will be available, as well as sloppy Joe sandwiches. All proceeds raised will go toward local and national mission programs sponsored by the United Methodist Women. For more information, call 896-5559 or visit www.christwestfield.org.

Honoring veterans – Trinity Baptist Church, 1415 E. 191st St., will be celebrating veterans and active duty members of the military and their sacrifices from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 12. For its “Salute Our Soldiers” event, the church will be hosting all branches of the armed forced and plan to have a gun salute, color guard, free food and drinks. Each family or individual that attends will also get a free gift bag.

Creating art – Westfield Parks & Recreation Programming Facility, 330 E. Main St., is offering a new program, Glass Fusing Wind Chimes, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. July 17. Westfield Parks is partnering with The Creative Escape to offer a very basic beginning glass fusing class where participants will learn all about the art as well as finishing their own wind chime that they will be able to take home once kiln fired. Cost is $32 and for ages 8 and older. For more information or to register, visit www.westfield.in.gov/parks and click on “View Activities & Register Online” – activity No. 11057.

Achievement – Westfield residents Amanda Paige Brooks, Samantha Joy Carlson, Rachel Lee Goodwin, Ashley Kara Schuman and Jessica Thaman were named to the Anderson University dean’s list for the spring semester. Each student achieved a semester grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

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Lightning recently struck columnist Mike Redmond’s mother’s old farmhouse up in LaGrange County and, according to his brother P.D., exploded just about everything explodable: The TV dish, Mom’s computer, the telephones, you name it. It was pretty extensive. When checking in, Redmond recalls how blown up TVs are kind of a recurring them with his family. To read more, visit www.currentinwestfield.com.

Any Way You Want It Journey returned to Klipsch Music Center on June 28, giving its fans another reason to “Don’t Stop Believin’.”

The group performed its catalog of hits along with opening acts the Steve Miller Band and Tower of Power. To view photos of the show, visit www.currentnoblesville.com.

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Artist shows series on Grand Canyon

By Navar Watson • news@currentinwestfield.com Throughout July, Westfield artist Kristin Whitney is displaying her “Chromatic Canyon” series at the Noblesville Visitors Diversions Center, 839 Conner St. The “Chromatic Canyon” is a series of six oil paintings, each of which abstracted from photos Whitney took of the Grand Canyon from her various visits.

“I just want to be able to provide [the audience] with something really different,” she said.

“Something that brings a lot of life and energy.”

Every month the visitor’s center features an artist from the Hamilton County Artists’ Association. Whitney signed up to be the artist for July.

Whitney said many artists in Indiana specialize in painting Indiana landscapes that “look exactly like what you would see.” With her art, she hopes the audience will have an idea of what the landscape is, but it will still be enough of a “mystery” to draw them in.

Using bright colors, Whitney hopes to capture the “energy” of the Grand Canyon that other artists do not seem to portray.

“I want to show people the way that God can see it,” she said. “(It’s) this vibrant, exciting place.”

She said she feels called to produce this type of artwork and dreams of seeing her work in a New York gallery someday.

Whitney holds a degree in graphic design from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. For the past year and a half, she’s pursued art full time.

For those interested in pursuing art as a career, Whitney says, “Just be confident.”

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“If you really feel like this is what you want to do, don’t listen to what anybody else says,” she said. “Just pursue it with all your heart.”

Whitney now plans to finish a series she began in January but had to postpone due to her work on the “Chromatic Canyon.” This next series focuses on the different seasons and colors associated with them.

The “Chromatic Canyon” will be on display for all of July. Information will be at the center for anyone interested in purchasing a print of the artwork.

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Fundraising – Westfield Washington Historical Society has started a fundraising campaign for its intern, Megan Oaks.

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By Joe March • news@currentinwestfield.com

Despite the Internet, cell phones, e-mail and modern communications, every year whole regions find themselves public safety in the dark. Tornadoes, fires, storms, ice and even the occasional cutting of fiber optic cables leave people without the means to communicate.

In these cases, the one consistent service that has never failed has been Amateur Radio.

“We need nothing between us but air,” said Cicero resident Mike Alley of the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service for Hamilton County.

On June 28 and 29, the 24-hour off-the-grid Amateur Radio Field Day exercise successfully tested the full deployment capabilities of the teams to respond to, and operate without the benefit of electrical power. The local exercise, carried out by RACES members, was held at Quaker Park in Westfield. The event simulated potential responses to establishing and maintaining communications following natural or man-made disaster.

“The fastest way to turn a crisis into a total disaster is to lose communications,” said Thomas Sivak, executive director of the Hamilton County EMA and a licensed radio operator. “From the earthquake and tsunami in Japan to tornadoes

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Service, amenities to drive tourism

By Anna Skinner • news@currentinwestfield.com

opment, but for the community. It brings community pride,” Daly said. “It (Grand Park) is putting us on the map in a big way. We had 48 teams play City of Westfield Hospitality Coordinator (recently). It’s really beneficial to our community, Rhonda Daly spoke to chamber of commerce and Westfield has officially landed in the members and other chamber Westfield citizens sports industry business.”

Westfield hopes to provide the Grand about the importance Park visitors with an experience similar of tourism and customer service during to what Indianapolis provided for the the monthly luncheon at the Palomino Super Bowl. Westfield doesn’t only plan Ballroom. After a brief introduction on building more restaurants and hotels and awarding some scholarships, Daly to accomplish that, but they plan on detailed the official ribbon cutting cerDaly educating the citizens as well with an emony of Grand Park that took place online program called Super Service.

June 20 through 22.

Daly said Super Service is a short online Even though they cut the ribbon then, the course that citizens can take to learn good park has been open for a while. Daly says it has customer service and promote the tourism atalready attracted 385,000 visits.

Westfield’s goal is, through tourism operations tractions of Westfield and the importance of that tourism. Those who complete the online like Grand Park, to have 92 cents of every dolcourse will receive a Hamilton County Tourlar spent stay local. Amateur youth travel team sports is an $8.7 billion industry alone, and Grand ism Ambassador certificate. The online course is accessible at SuperServiceTraining.com/ Park plans on attracting some of that business.

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“Tourism matters not only for economic develNellie May Hepker, 73, of Westfield, died on June 30, 2014, at Riverview Health in Noblesville. Born Oct. 16, 1940 in Petersburg, she was the daughter of Aubrey and Martha (Williams) Onyett. She taught fourth grade for 25 years at Hawthorn Community School in Vernon Hills, Ill. She was a member of Centennial Bible Church in Westfield. She enjoyed quilting, knitting, reading, journaling, cooking and hospitality. She was a mentor to young moms for many years. Survivors include her husband, W. Carl Hepker; son, Ed (Becky) Hepker; daughter, Laura Hepker; brother, Robert (Helen) Onyett; and grandchildren, Blake and Chloe Hepker.

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Leaders discuss heroin growth

By Devynn Barnes • news@currentinwestfield.com Elected officials from across Hamilton County and the state gathered together at Noblesville City Hall to discuss a growing chamber issue in the community on July 1. U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks (RInd.) and State Sen. Jim Merritt brought together those on the frontlines of the Indiana drug war, in order to discuss the state’s increased heroin epidemic.

“If society doesn’t see this as a problem they’re in for a huge wakeup call very soon,” Hamilton Country Sheriff Mark Bowen said.

Brooks began the discussion by telling the panel, “I want to learn from you all what you are seeing,” acknowledging that heroin is “not just a big city problem.”

The talk about the gateway to heroin is easy to attain, and most of the time is sitting in young people’s homes. Abuse of different prescription medicines is often the beginning of heroin addiction. In a study done by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 81 percent of heroin users started with prescriptions. The pharmacists on the panel noted that they have seen an increase in pharmacy thefts.

The fear is that dealers are getting young people hooked on prescription drugs and then turning them to heroin when their prescription habit gets too expensive. Madison County Prosecutor Rodney Cummings said that prison sentence

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times, a maximum of six years for these dealers, is too short to deter them from the drugs.

“The answer from the state is ‘put less people in prison,’” Cummings said. “The federal government could help out significantly.”

Indianapolis Police Chief Rick Hite, who said he has seen this problem grow, also said, “We have to look at the root causes.”

Catching dealers and increasing their penalties as well as detoxing and rehabbing users is the first step, but it seems to be easier said than done, and it all takes money. Lack of federal funds in the different departments combatting this crisis was the biggest grievance.

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Everyone is born with a moral code, Bloomington resident Megan Morseth said. When one serves in war, that moral code is pets broken.

Morseth’s husband, Justin, experienced events “on a level most human beings never do and hopefully never should.” An Iraq veteran, he came home a completely different man. “(Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) changes the entire dynamic of the family,” Morseth said. “The family has to essentially mourn the loss … of the man or woman that went to combat and … reintroduce (themselves) to the man or woman who came home.”

But through the help of Samson, their rescue Husky, Justin found a new means of support.

His bond with Samson inspired the couple to start a pets-for-vets program in Indiana. They sent letters to more than 50 different shelters with their idea. The Humane Society for Hamilton County in Noblesville was the only shelter to say “yes.”

After receiving an initial grant from the Tony Stewart Foundation in Indianapolis, Pets Healing Vets officially began in May 2012 and has matched 16 veterans and rescue dogs since.

The program is completely free, HSHC Executive Director Rebecca Stevens said. The $25 adoption fee is waived, and the dogs come spayed or neutered and micro chipped. Training and medical needs are also provided, if the veteran cannot afford them.

Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Greg Sexton of Noblesville first heard of the program from a brochure at the VA Hospital in Indianapolis. A victim of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury, he decided to try it.

The Humane Society allowed him to pick from five dogs. The fifth one, a black lab named Patton, immediately bonded with him.

“She knew there was a problem with me, so she just pretty much stuck with me,” Sexton said. “That’s how she’s been ever since.”

Stevens said rescue dogs are especially good companions for veterans because they share

Teddy Jarvis was the first veteran paired with a Humane Society for Hamilton County dog in the Pets Healing Vets Program. Jarvis, a Green Beret in the Vietnam War, suffers from PTSD. (Submitted photo)

some of the same feelings of abandonment and anxiety. When a veteran adopts a rescue dog, the dog picks up on this connection.

“Rescues know that they’ve been rescued,” Morseth said. “They have an appreciation for that … They want to love and they want to help.”

Dogs are smart, Sexton said. They have a sense where they can understand “what’s wrong with a human.”

Each dog serves a different purpose for each veteran, Stevens explained. The HSHC tries to match the right dog based on a veteran’s specific needs. For example, many veterans suffer from hypervigilance, meaning they never feel safe. With this, Stevens said the shelter pairs them up with a calm, watchful dog – giving them an extra set of eyes.

Other dogs motivate veterans to go outside as some veterans become reclusive after combat, and the dogs bring them out onto the social scene. The response the HSHC receives from the veterans is “the best part of the whole thing,” Morseth said. In one case, a veteran told Morseth that his dog “gave him something to live for.”

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Cool Creek campfire

Beth Wood of Indiana Wild explains how Prada the alligator would not make a good pet for children.

Parents and children roast marshmallows around the campfire at the close of the event. (Photos by Robert Herrington) Beth Wood with Indiana WILD showed nocturnal animals and talked about what these critters are up to during the nighttime hours at the recent Cool Creek campfire. The free event by Hamilton County Parks includes songs, presentations and roasted marshmallows.

Special speakers entertain guests each week about a variety of nature topics.

For more information, visit www.hamiltoncounty.in.gov.

Beth Wood of Indiana Wild walks around and lets guests pet a groundhog.

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By Robert Herrington • robert@youarecurrent.com

ture” projects like a museum, botanical gardens or veterans memorial. Another option Stokes is in favor of is investing funds from the sale.

The vote to approve funding for the proposed “Just because we have it doesn’t mean we U.S. 31 landmark project will come at the July have to spend it,” he said. “I can’t get on board 14 Westfield City Council government meeting. But If the vote with it. There are more things to benefit the city more than this.” on the two free-standing Proponents of the landmarks said it provides beacons had been held on June 23, it would have economic development and “once in a lifetime” passed 4-2. opportunities.

After the public hearing portion of the “I don’t want to have regrets,” Counmeeting, councilors took turns expresscilor Bob Horkay said. ing their individual thoughts on the proj“We have high taxes because we ect. Typically this type of open dialogue have too many residents and not is held before the vote of topic and not enough businesses. We have to ensure weeks beforehand. as a council we get more businesses.

Councilors Cindy Spoljaric and Rob We believe this will help do that,” CounStokes would have cast the dissenting Stokes cilor Steve Hoover said. “Ultimately, this votes. Councilor Bob Smith was absent. will lower all of our taxes.”

Spoljaric said that while art is subjective the City Council President Jim Ake said Westfield towers project has “such division (by residents) is fiscally strong and provides top notch public and is so much money.”

“It flies in the face of our Quaker heritage,” she safety with a lean work force. He added that the city has established a laundry list of needed said. improvements and can complete them all and Stokes said he would prefer to spend the construct the towers. money on the police and fire departments, but “We are paving streets and putting in roundsaid it is not allowed because the utility funds abouts. We need to make the world aware of need to be spent on infrastructure. what we have and we have the funds to do it,” “In my opinion this is not infrastructure,” Ake said. “Where are we not meeting the needs of he said. “I don’t see how the funds from the the community? Tell me because I’d like to know.” utility sale can be put to this when it is not a Bids received by the city for the “Westfield Towstructure.” ers” project range from $2.45 million to $3.07 million.

Stokes said he could get behind other “struc-

County shutterbugs win contest news@currentinwestfield.com

Hamilton County Photographers Group has announced the results of its inaugural photo contest. Judges chose the following arts winners from 33 entries: First place: Sally Wolfe – Barn and Field Second place: Megan Ullom – Praying Mantis Third place: Michael Jack – Building Façade Fourth place: Marion Barger – Boat on a Lake Fifth place: Jason Carrol – Baby and Dad Each contest winner will represent Hamilton County Photographers by submitting prints to the Nickel Plate Arts’ Aperture Stop photographic exhibit and to the Indiana State Fair Photo Exhibition. Aperture Stop runs now through Aug. 30 at the Nickel Plate Arts Campus, 107 S. Eighth St., Noblesville. For more information, visit www. visithamiltoncounty.com.

The Indiana State Fair runs Aug. 1 through 17, with photography competition entries displayed in the Home and Family Arts Building at the state fairgrounds in Indianapolis.

Sally Wolfe’s photo of a barn and field won first place at the inaugural photo contest. (Submitted photo)

The Hamilton County Photographers group meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Monday of each month at Hamilton East Library – Noblesville branch. Amateur, professional, retired and beginning photographers are invited to attend to share their experiences, learn from one another other, and advance the art of photography.

A helping HAND – Hamilton County Area Neighborhood Development will host its inaugural golf outing on Aug. 8 at Forest Park Golf Course in Noblesville. Organizers said the event provides something for everyone – from a 9-hole scramble to miniature golf for families. The scramble begins at 3 p.m. and includes fun competitions and business networking opportunities. Miniature golf starts at 6 p.m. and includes games and prizes for all. Proceeds from the event will benefit Neighborhoods NOW – a program with new neighborhood partnerships in Fishers, Westfield, Home Place and Sheridan. Registration is available online at www.handincorporated.org or by calling 674-8108.

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Ben Huntley and Coach Jake Gilbert teach Haitian students during the punt, pass and kick contest. (Photos provided by Darin Lickfeldt)

By Robert Herrington • robert@youarecurrent.com For eight Westfield High School football players it won’t matter how many touchdown catches they make or open-field tackles they have this upcoming season. These players have already made a lasting impact on a community during a Cover story week-long mission trip to Haiti last month.

“I hope they feel good about what they did so they know, ‘I can make a difference, affect someone’s life by going out of my comfort zone,’” WHS Football Coach Jake Gilbert said.

Gilbert said the trip began as a request from a parent to assist Three Angels Ministry by selling Kenbe Fem (“Stand strong” in Haitian Creole) T-shirts last season. The parent was hoping to raise $500 during the “Neon Night” home game in August.

“I know God can do more than that. I was looking for a big summer project for the year and selling shirts made $10,000,” Gilbert said. “We try to teach our kids there are needs in Hamilton County, Who went? people to serve right under your nose. We also want to teach them that one person is big enough to impact the entire world.”

The mission team consisted of 14 people. Coach Jake Gilbert and his wife, Christina, were joined by parents Darin and Melissa Lickfeldt, Gilbert said the ministry can only house 14 missionaries at a Jenny Cox and Nanette Rader; and players: Jackson Garrett, Colton Murphy, Jake McCrary, Brandon Karsnick, Jeff Lackey, Drew Cox, Zach time so he and wife, Christina, joined four parents and eight playRader and Ben Huntley. To view more photos from the trip, visit www.currentinwestfield.com. ers on the trip.

“But they make the best of everything. They always greet “Amazing and astonishing. That’s how I’d describe our mission Why Serve? you with a smile. They are really nice people and I enjoyed being trip to Haiti. It seemed like there were two worlds competing for around them,” he said. “It was so much fun to do the work no one one space, almost like Heaven and Hell existing on the same turf.

Football Coach Jake Gilbert wanted to do.”

I am positive that those of us who went will be said the team has a platform to McCrary said the team discussions made a changed forever. We selflessly served the Haipositively impact the community lasting memory of the trip. tian people and they certainly made a difference and it is their obligation to use it.

“The talks we had at the end of the day in our lives as well,” he said.

“We’re so visible in the comabout what we learned that day and how to Gilbert said the goal of the trip was to change munity and our school. We have make the lives of the Haitian people better the the perspective of his players and have them an obligation to help and serve,” next day,” he said. appreciate how good they have it in Westfield. he said. “As a coach, I have an The trip allowed the players to bond togeth“They saw how content these people are obligation to teach these guys er, which they said might not have happened even though they have nothing. It’s good for all to give. We have it so good here otherwise. of us to see. These people are really living daywe need to teach our guys to “I got to know some players a lot better. to-day,” he said. give back.”

My views on them are a lot different,” McCrary At the Haiti orphanage, Gilbert said the team While the team raises money said. spent the mornings doing work, connecting and for organizations or natural “I knew most of them,” sophomore Drew interacting with the Haitian people in the afterdisaster victims, Gilbert prefers Cox, “now I know about their lives. We talked noon and doing devotionals at night.

Coach Jake Gilbert at the when they take personal action about how it was back at home.”

Haiti orphanage.

“It was a great mix,” he said, adding labor to assist.

Cox made his second trip to Haiti. He projects included cleaning gutters, removing and “I like for our guys to roll our sleeves up and become part of previously went in October 2012 after the straightening nails to be reused, clearing rocks the solution. It gives them a new experience to serve and help WHS sophomore Drew Cox with the earthquake. from farm fields, making meals at the orphansomebody,” he said. “We use football to make a difference in family of the student he sponsors at “I like to make people happy. They don’t age and pouring cement and fixing a street the lives of others and nothing is mandatory.”

Three Angels Christian Academy. want to ask for help but need it. They are really “with a crater.” “They had the ability to learn Gilbert said the team has a new message each year. In the proud people and it was great to help them and see their thankhow to work and get nothing back in return but the experience of past the team has worked with the Hamilton County Cancer fulness,” he said. “I was impacted by how grateful everyone was helping.”

Services, Habitat for Humanity, packed 10,000 meals for Af– applauding, clapping and saying ‘Thank you.’”

Players’ perspective ricans and raised money for tsunami victims. Gilbert tries to When Cox and some of his teammates were filling in large crack “I’ve always wanted to go there or a third-world country to vary the local and international projects so something interin the neighborhood road a 60-year-old man volunteered to help. serve the less fortunate than us. When this opportunity came up I ests his players in their four years in the program.

“He was caring buckets of cement. He wasn’t looking to get couldn’t resist,” said Jake McCrary.

“You can have a big impact on others’ lives,” senior Jake paid he was trying to help the community and was doing it for the McCrary, who will be a senior in the fall, said he expected to the McCrary said. city,” Cox said.

Haitian people to be beggars before the trip.

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FR O M T H E BACKSHOP High court sends a clear message It was a heartening 5-4 vote last week by which the United States Supreme Court ruled public-sector unions in Illinois are forbidden from collecting fees from home-health care workers who don’t want to be part of a union.

If there was a failing in the decision, it is that it is limited to health-care workers and not all public-sector unions. Justices sadly abjured the opportunity to curb the act of publicsector unions passing representation costs to non-members. The decision, though, has registered as a setback for unions in Illinois and similarly minded states that force homehealth care workers to unjustifiably hand over union dues. We believe it should be extended to the entirety of union members nationwide.

A closed shop should not exist, for such an entity obliterates freedom on multiple levels. If someone wants to join a union and pay dues, that’s a personal choice. Labor unions argued, though, that if Illinois is allowed to back out of its collective-bargaining agreement with the union, it would only be a matter of time before workers see their wages cut and benefits dropped. And there it is, a scare tactic. Union leaders are said to also fear conservative judges across the nation using the ruling to strike down laws in 26 states that require public-sector employees, such as teachers and police officers, to fork over dues to the unions that negotiate contracts on their behalf even if the employee doesn’t want to become a union member. And as for unions protecting members’ employment positions, in our experiences we’ve never witnessed a worker with a poor performance record have his or her job “saved by the union” - although we’re not so naive as to think it doesn’t happen, because we’re certain it does. Regardless, it all boils down to this with respect to union leadership and its trailing zealots: Liberals don’t really care what you do as long as it’s compulsory.

Brian Kelly, publisher, and Steve Greenberg, general manager, are co-owners of Current Publishing, LLC. Write them at info@ youarecurrent.com.

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Carrying more than needed Commentary by Terry Anker Sometimes, I imagine that my parents must have been clairvoyant. They warned of the inevitable turns that my life’s path might take decades before they happened. Their advice could not have imagined the form that my family or career might adopt, yet I constantly reflect on their insight and am amazed by their prescience.

How do the things that we learned as kids come back to us over and over again as adults?

Perhaps our folks simply tapped into the human inevitability of natural pattern and were only passing to us the truisms of a lifetime of experience. The basis of our civilization, some would say, is fully vested in each of us by the time that we enter the first grade. Be nice. Don’t take something that doesn’t belong to you. Care for those weaker and lonely. Value one’s inner character more than the desirous objects or even people that come and go from our domain.

Can we determine the importance to one’s life of another person or thing by taking it away? If

we miss it, does that feeling set its value? Over time for me, the approach has proven a fairly effective guide. There is so much – some might call it baggage – that we carry along either because we are afraid to let it go or, perhaps even more tragically, because we forget that we even have it. The habit of pruning is a good one. But, the ability to discern what matters from what doesn’t can be tricky.

Can we ever really expect to find happiness if we don’t leave the unnecessary luggage at baggage claim? I tend to carry more than is required.

It may be time to shake out my emotional hoard and decide what’s worth keeping. A lighter load sounds most appealing.

Terry Anker is an associate editor of Current Publishing, LLC. You may e-mail him at terry@currentincarmel. com.

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Q U O T E O F T H E W E E K

Our nation has all sorts of arcane, nonsensical laws on the books. Each week, we’ll share one with you. In New York a person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.

“What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived.”

Source: dumblaws.com

- Ralph Waldo Emmerson

I haven’t slept well in a week thanks to my stupid idea to encourage my kids to read this summer. Like most parents, I am humor constantly nagging my children to put down the “electronical” devices (as my 10-year-old calls them) and pick up a book. Generally they laugh in my face or offer lame excuses like, “I have to read at school. I need a break!” But with two months of salt mine vacation and loads of free time, that pretext no longer applies.

Normally I read fantasy, but my summer default is fluff romance, specifically Nora Roberts. Easy reading and just enough smut to whisk me away from suburban parenting. This year, however, I decided to expand my perusing to other genres in hopes of inspiring the aforementioned anti-literary offspring. Perhaps they would even read along with me!

I began with The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. A student had left it in my classroom, a byproduct of his AP World Lit course, so I assumed it was at least decent. Plus, the cover implied a supernatural vibe, like maybe what soldiers carried with them into the afterlife?

No. The pseudo-memoir focuses on the dual nature of fighting in Vietnam, both the horrible and the beautiful. A far, far cry from Nora, and definitely not an uplifting escape from my soccer mom life. Plus, too many F-bombs for a family book club.

Next up, The Fault in Our Stars. I went into this one knowing it would be sad – my youngest had just finished it – but what I didn’t anticipate was the perfectly injected humor.

Somehow this made the story “real” for me.

So not only did I empathize with the main characters, as a mom I could also relate to the grieving parents. Double depressing! Another two nights of disturbing dreams and cryinginduced headaches, added to a sex talk with my fifth-grader I was not prepared for.

I am now on my latest book, one I was sure would not leave me miserable, Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep. WRONG! It’s a sequel to The Shining, with the protagonist being Jack Nicholson’s now-grown-up son who is trying to overcome his alcoholism despite still seeing dead people. A captivating premise, but one that’s leaving me scared poo-less to use the bathroom at 3:30 a.m. I’d put it down, but in the daylight it’s awesome!

Nevertheless, I need sleep. I’ll be returning to Nora ASAP and my kids can go back to their dumb electronicals. I’ve changed my mind on this summer reading thing. Peace out.

Danielle Wilson is a contributing columnist. You may e-mail her at danielle@currentincarmel.com.

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‘Mum Mum’ dearest Commentary by Dick Wolfsie If my grandmother were alive today, she would be 125, and she would still, no doubt, be walking around in her six-inch-high humor heels, the ones she asked to be buried in - and she’d have a Marlboro in her fingers. She demanded to be called Mum Mum because the term “grandma” suggested an older woman. That wasn’t going to work.

She smoked two packs a day, had a few shots of Johnnie Walker Black before noon and then would ask her doctor if she could put cream in her coffee, “or would that be too much cholesterol for a women of my age?” Not that she ever told anyone her age, but my previous estimate is in the ballpark.

Which reminds me: She loved baseball. She never missed a Mets game on TV. She knew the number of each player and their batting averages, but she really didn’t fully understand the sport. I once took her to Shea Stadium, but due to traffic we were almost an hour late. The scoreboard showed it was a scoreless game.

“Oh good,” she said, “We didn’t miss anything.”

Mum Mum was hard of hearing due to a childhood illness, and she was always adamant that her disability was not due to age. During meals at our house she spent a lot of time saying: “Speak more clearly!” “Don’t shout.” “Enunciate.”

During the inevitable family spat, my father would sometimes whisper under his breath: “She

can be such a pain in the butt.”

“You’re a pain in the butt, too,” she’d shout back. Yes, Mum heard exactly what she wanted to hear and nothing more.

She and my mother were always fighting on the phone. And, it was even harder for Mum Mum to hear when she couldn’t see the person talking. My irritated Mom could not successfully make a point without having to repeat herself several times. Once when I was a teenager, my mother slammed the receiver down in frustration. Half an hour later when I tried to call a friend, Mum Mum was still on the line, ranting, unaware she had been talking to no one.

This week’s column was inspired by the temporary disappearance of my wife’s wedding ring, which we luckily found on the bathroom floor. The modestly sized diamond was a gift from Mum Mum, whose father back in Germany had been in the gem importing business. The loose stone arrived in our mailbox one day back in 1980—just prior to our engagement—in a plain envelope, wrapped in a square of toilet paper.

Yes, if Mum Mum were alive today, I’d whisper another thanks in her ear. And she would hear what I was saying. Every word of it.

Dick Wolfsie is an author, columnist, and speaker. Contact him at wolfsie@aol.com.

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Jennie DeVoe said her brand of music crosses the genres of folk, pop and blues – but all of her songs have soul. (Submitted photo)

Nationally known singers Jennie DeVoe, Carrie Newcomer to play Fishers stage in July

By Jessica Fox • jessica@currentincarmel.com

Could you use a summer evening out with your friends? Singers Jennie DeVoe and Carrie Newcomer hope to provide listeners with music that anyone can enjoy at the free music Fishers Amp After Dark concert series.

Growing up surrounded by music, it was only natural for DeVoe to develop a musical interest at an early age.

Influenced by greats like Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Etta James, DeVoe said she tries to infuse old and new music with folk lyrics in a way that would appeal to any age group.

As far as new music goes she said she is influenced by unique voices like Adele and Imagine Dragons, but during her career she has opened for singers like Bonnie Raitt, Jack Johnson and Ray Charles.

DeVoe would describe her genre of music as Americana soul music. But her goal is to write good lyrical content and paint a picture for her audience.

At every show DeVoe tries to mix a set list of her original songs and a few covers depending on what she feels the audience wants to hear at that particular concert.

“If you are a performer at heart there is something inside you that urges you to please the audience,” DeVoe said.

That’s why she doesn’t believe she has ever stuck to an exact set list.

DeVoe recently released her newest album Radiator – which she produced with John Parish in England.

Radiator was her third collaboration with Parish, who is most well-

known for his work with singer PJ Harvey. They also plan on producing and recording a new album together in the spring of 2015.

When she is not working on her music, DeVoe is very passionate about animal rights. She supports messages that get people to ultimately think about the care of their own pets.

DeVoe gave her song “Give a little love” to PetPals TV to use with their programming.

She is also is passionate about the treatment of farm animals.

“Even if they ultimately go to the butcher, they still deserve to have a happy and healthy life,” DeVoe said.

Singer songwriter Carrie Newcomer said she has been influenced by all kinds of music, but she always comes back to classic singing poets.

Newcomer has received a Grammy for writing the song “I Should Have Known Better.” The band Nickel Creek got a Grammy for performing this song on their This Side album.

She describes herself as an acoustic singer/songwriter influenced by Joanie Mitchell and Paul Simon.

Newcomer has played concerts all over the country, but she says that Indiana is her favorite outdoor venue.

“There is nothing like an outdoor Indiana summer concert,” she said.

Jennie DeVoe in concert Nickel Plate District in Fishers • 9 p.m. July 11 • Free Carrie Newcomer in concert Nickel Plate District in Fishers • 9 p.m. July 25 • Free

‘Shrek the Musical’ – Footlite presents community theatre production of “Shrek the Musical.”

Set in a mythical “once upon a CARMEL time” sort of land, “Shrek the Musical” is the story of a hulking green ogre who, after being mocked and feared his entire life by anything that crosses his path, retreats to an ugly green swamp to exist in happy isolation. Suddenly, a gang of homeless fairytale characters like Pinocchio, Cinderella and the Three Pigs raid his sanctuary to start an epic journey. Shrek the Musical uses an all-new score to expand on the movie’s original story. There’s a lot for the eyes and ears to ogle over: spectacular sets, innovative scene changes, puppets of all sizes, plus a very large and energetic cast.

There’s also a good moral and traditional happy ending. Kids will love everything about Shrek.

The show debuts at 7:30 p.m. July 11 and runs through July 27. Adults tickets are $20, children 12 and younger are $10. For more information, call 926-6630 or visit www.footlite.org. ’Round the Campfire – Dog Days – Ever wondered what the expression “the dog days of summer” actually means? The Fishers FISHERS Parks and Recreation staff will answer that question, and explore wild canines that live at Ritchey Woods Nature Preserve, 10410 Hague Rd. From 7 to 9 p.m.

July 11, guests also can enjoy roasting hot dogs or making s’mores around the campfire. Cost is $4 for residents, $6 for non-residents ages 3 and older. For more information, call 595-3150.

Produce market – Sponsored by Noblesville Main Street, this European style market offers locally grown seasonal produce, ulNOBLESVILLE tra-fresh meals, small batch artisan foods, handcrafted products, high quality art and local live music every Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. through Sept. 18.The green market is in the south alley of the Noblesville Main Street office at 839 Conner St. Admission is free. For more information, call 776-0205.

Historic Underground Railroad Ghost Walk – This two-hour walking tour is filled with stories of ghosts of the UnderWESTFIELD ground Railroad mixed with modern-day gangsters and spirits from Westfield’s haunted history. The group will meet at 9 p.m. July 12 at Asa Bales Park, 132 W. Main St. Reservations are required and cost is $18 for adults and $13 for senior citizens and children. For more information, call 840-6456 or visit www.unseenpress.com.

Create-a-Plate – Eat off of artwork as the Hussey-Mayfield Public Library, 250 N. Fifth St., offers children of all ages zionsVILLE the opportunity to draw on special paper which will be transformed into a melamine plate. The program is available all day this week. Cost is $6.50 per plate. Finished plates may be picked up in six to eight weeks. For more information, call 873-3149.

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Make and Take Activities at Conner Prairie • Visit Lenape Indian Camp to learn about beads and make your own beaded bracelet to take home. Visitors can also check out Barker Brother’s Pottery Shop to work with air-hardening clay and make custom pieces to take home. • 13400 Allisonville Rd., Fishers • Today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and every Tuesday through Saturday in July. • $5 for each piece plus general admission. General admission is free for members.

• 776-6006 • www.connerprairie.org

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Summer Concerts at the Carmel Gazebo • Outdoor family concerts are back for the summer at the Carmel Gazebo. Families are encouraged to attend and enjoy outdoor summer music. Tonight’s band is My Yellow Rickshaw. • 1 Civic Square, Carmel • Tonight at 7:30 p.m. • Free • www.carmelgazeboconcerts.org

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Aperture Stop: A Photographic Exhibit and First Friday Open House at Nickel Plate Arts • Visit the Nickel Plate Arts exhibit space to view talented, local photographers’ works. • Today from noon to 5 p.m.; July 11 from noon to 5 p.m.; July 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Free • 107 S. 8th St., Noblesville • 452-3690 • www.nickelplatearts.org

thursday

Monon Mixer • Adults-only night at The Waterpark!

This event is for anyone 21 and over; come out and enjoy music and fun in the water. Alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. • 1235 Central Park Drive East, Carmel • Tonight from 7:30 – 10:30 p.m. • $10 per person. • 848-7275 • www.carmelclayparks.com Noblesville Summer Concert Series • Noblesville Parks and Recreation Department offers free summer concerts through July at Forest Park. Tonight’s

show features Zanna-Doo. •Tonight from 7 – 9 p.m.

• 776-6350 • Free• 701 Cicero Rd., Noblesville• www. cityofnoblesville.org Beef & Boards Presents: ‘A Mighty Fortress is our Basement’ • This fun musical comedy is the latest production from the Church Basement Ladies series. Both heartwarming and funny, this story set in the 1960s tells of ladies’ preparations for church events, a food booth at a county fair and more. • 9301 Michigan Rd., Indianapolis • Tonight at 8 p.m.; July 11 and 12 at 8 p.m.; July 13 at 1:30 and 7 p.m.; July 15 at 8 p.m. • Tickets start at $38.50. • 872-9664 • http://beefandboards.com Clay Terrace Summer Concert Series • Enjoy a summer night out while listening to live music from local bands. Pizza will be available for purchase from Tony Sacco’s. Tonight’s performance is

by Phone Club. • Grassy Knoll behind Kona Grill at Clay Terrace • Tonight from 7 – 9 p.m. • Free • 8180725• www.clayterrace.com Easel Into Summer Exhibit • Check out the latest exhibit from the Hamilton County Artist Association; it’s a great opportunity to view local and unique art and take advantage of the great gift shop. • 195 South Fifth St., Noblesville • Today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Free • 773-5197 • www.hcaa-in.org

friday

Marsh Symphony on the Prairie: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 • Conner Prairie’s outdoor amphitheater plays host to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra as they perform the music of Beehtoven.

• 13400 Allisonville Rd., Fishers • Tonight at 8 p.m.

• Tickets start at $24; see the ISO website or buy tickets at participating Marsh supermarkets. • 6394300 • www.indianapolisymphonyorchestra.org

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The Amp After Dark at Nickel Plate Amphitheater • The After Dark series is back in Fishers; all summer long adults are welcome to listen to great music and dance under the stars. Tonight’s performance is from Jennie DeVoe. • Downtown Fishers • Tonight from 9 to 11 p.m. • Free • 595-3150 • www. fishers.in.us/parks

Noblesville Farmers Market • The Riverview Hospital overflow lot hosts Noblesville’s Farmers Market which includes fresh produce, bedding plants, fresh flowers, honey, baked treats and more. • SR 19 & 38 in Noblesville • Today from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. • Free admission • 776-0205 • www.noblesvillemainstreet.org

Summer Nights Film Series at the Indianapolis Museum of Art • The IMA’s beautiful outdoor amphitheater is the place to be for enjoying movies on the lawn. Bring blankets and picnics (no alcoholic beverages); concessions are available. Tonight’s feature is “Vertigo.” • 4000 Michigan Rd., Indianapolis • Gates open at 7 for picnicking; movie starts at approximately 9:30. • $10 per person, $6 for members • www.imamuseumorg

Zionsville Farmers Market • Plants and flowers plus produce and baked goods are available for sale. • Corner of First and Hawthorne, Zionsville • Today from 8 to 11 a.m. • Free admission • 873-3836 • www.zionsvillechamber.org

Carmel Farmer’s Market • Featuring over 60 vendors that sell only Indiana-grown and/or produced edible products. Fun for the whole family, this farmer’s market includes cooking demonstrations, music and free parking. • 1 Center Green, Carmel • Today from 8 – 11:30 a.m. • Free admission • 710-0162 • www.carmelfarmersmarket.com

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Saxony Market • Find fresh produce from local artisans along with prepared food, kids activities and more. • 13578 E. 131st St., Fishers. • Today from 8 a.m. to noon. • Free • 770-1818 • www.saxony-indiana.com Fishers Farmers Market • Visit a variety of vendors at the new location in front of the Nickel Plate Amphitheater; items for sale include fresh fruits and vegetables, honey, coffee, jams, sweet treats and many hot breakfast options. • 1 Municipal Drive, Fishers • Today from 8 – noon. • Free admission • 578-0700 • www.fisherschamber.com

Carmel Arts & Design Second Saturday Gallery Walk • Take an evening stroll in along Carmel’s Arts & Design district and enjoy entertainment, merchant events and activities and plenty of shopping.

• 111 W. Main St., Carmel • Tonight from 5 – 9 p.m. • 571-ARTS • www.carmelartsanddesigndistrict.com Blue Arrow Train – An Evening Dining Experience Along the Nickel Plate Railroad • Catch the train at Fishers or Noblesville for an evening ride through the countryside that includes time to stop for dinner in Noblesville, Atlanta or Tipton. Stopover time is about an hour and a half; call for reservations.

• Fishers or Noblesville • Various times • Call 7736000 for prices and reservations • www.itm.org “Grape to Glass” Winery Tour at Easley Winery • Take this 10-minute tour to learn fascinating facts about wine; tour ends at tasting room where participants can taste 7 different wines. • 205 N. College Ave., Indianapolis • $5 per person • Today from noon to 3 p.m.; tours start every 10 minutes. • 636-4516 • www.easleywinery.com

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O’Jays still wowing audiences

By Joseph Knoop • joseph@currentincarmel.com

Legendary R&B group, The O’Jays, with more than 50 charted songs and 24 top-10 hits, will perform at the Palladium on July music 13, bringing more than 50 years of experience to the stage.

The group, formed in Canton, Ohio, in 1958, was inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

A stable of songs like “Back Stabbers,” “Love Train” and “For the Love of Money” propelled them to stardom throughout the late 1960s and ‘70s.

Original member Eddie Levert, born in Alabama and raised in Canton, feels like the Midwest has a special quality to it.

“It’s always really great to play the home base and come back to where it all started,” Levert said. “It’s always a gratifying feeling. You take the abuse of running from hotel to hotel, jumping on airplanes. You get home and everybody acts like you’re the hero. They know you so well.”

Despite touring and recording for the better part of a century, Levert knows there’s always room for a hilarious error or two. In a momentary lapse of memory, Levert happened to forget the words to one of the songs he’d been singing for decades while performing in St. Petersburg, Fla. “The best part is you’re mumbling, so you yell to the audience, ‘Sing it with me!’” Levert said.

Despite rare incidents like that, Levert feels the audience knows what they’re there for.

“Hit records are hit records,” Levert said. “They want to hear that record and hear you sing it like that. If you can put a bit of movement in it, they appreciate that.”

Levert, along with fellow band member Walter Williams founded The O’Jays Foundation shortly after their Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame induction.

The foundation provides scholarships for high school, college and even non-traditional adult students.

Levert claims that similar assistance and music education helped launch his career as a musician.

“I think it is one of the atrocities when they cut it out of school, where you could go and kids could learn an instrument,” Levert said. “Of

The O’Jays have continued to build a new generation of fans decade after decade. (Submitted photo)

course, that’s where I got most of my teaching, from fourth grade, making me sing from my diaphragm. These people taught me how to read music, per se. It was a terrible thing when they cut music out of school. Kids need that. They need that to make school interesting.”

That’s one of the reasons Levert has kept working at the age of 72, but the other is because he still has something to prove.

Levert may have been producing music for more than 50 years, but he’d still like to have the band earn a Grammy, he said. It’s a feat the band has yet to accomplish despite a nomination in 2002 for their album, For The Love.

The band’s continued success decade after decade shows that new generations fall in love with The O’Jays in their own time.

And Levert has said the stage is where the O’Jays let it all out – and what better venue than an intimate stage for their music to be heard?

The O’Jays in concert • 7 p.m. July 13 • The Palladium in Carmel • Tickets start at $45 • For more information call 843-3800 or visit www. thecenterfortheperformingarts.org

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The Indiana Wind Symphony has announced its 2014-15 season concert schedule and it will feature the works of a wide variety music of composers and performers.

The Indiana Wind Symphony will perform “Bicentennials – The Star Spangled Banner and the Saxophone,” on Sept. 27, with saxophone virtuoso Kenneth Tse. “I’m really excited to have Tse as the soloist,” said Charles Conrad, director of the Indiana Wind Symphony. “I think he’s one of the really brilliant wind players in the world.”

The show will be a tribute of sorts in celebration of Adolph Sax, inventor of the saxophone.

The performance will also feature the works of John Philip Sousa and Frank Ticheli.

Pianist Kelleen Strutz will join the symphony for a performance dedicated to heroism on Nov. 15, featuring John Williams’ “Summon the Heroes,” and Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor.”

Williams wrote and conducted the Oscarwinning score to “Star Wars.”

The holidays won’t want for music, either.

Soprano Jessamyn Anderson, along with Santa and Mrs. Clause will join the symphony for renditions of “O Holy Night” and “A Christmas Festival” on Dec. 6.

Fans of witches, wizards, fantasy and Broadway will be treated to the songs of “Wicked,”

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Players do not have to be Westfield residents to participate.

The Indiana Wind Symphony will host a concert dedicated to heroism on Nov. 15. (Submitted photo)

John’s William’s “Harry Potter” suite, and “The Lord of the Rings” on Feb. 21.

Classic hymns, such as “Kentucky Harmony,” “Power and Glory,” and “Finlandia” will be reworked into concert pieces by the symphony on March 28.

The symphony’s final performance, featuring a tribute to brass instruments alongside soloists James Beckel and Julie Beckel opens May 17. Jame’s Beckel’s own “The Glass Bead Game,”

based on the novel of the same title, and Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man.” Season tickets for all performances go on sale July 1, with discounted prices for groups of 12 or more.

With the new schedule, the symphony enters its 16th season, this year under the direction of Conrad.

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Mayor Andy Cook attended the event to celebrate the new addition to the Westfield business community and to cut the ribbon. Those in attendance had a chance to sample some of J. Razzo’s appetizers and check out their wine and beer selection. J. Razzo’s 2 focuses on fresh, quality ingredients to make traditional Italian dishes at an affordable price point. J. Razzo’s 2 is open 5 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and is closed on Sunday. The restaurant offers takeout, catering, full bar, half-priced bottles of wine on Wednesday. For more information, call 804-2051 or visit www.jrazzos2.com. (Photo by Lauren Quintanilla)

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McAlister’s Deli in the Hamilton Town Center has added an eighth plaque to their shelf of awards after winning first place in achievement Highest Overall Customer Satisfaction for McAlister’s Delis across the nation. This is the third year in a row the Noblesville location has won the award, trumping some 320 other stores in the U.S. “Anticipating the guests’ needs is our number one priority,” General Manager Steve Hon said.

“Hot food. Quick service. We just try to win them – give them that ‘wow’ factor.”

The McAlister’s Deli National Conference is an annual event recognizing its stores and their accomplishments. This year, Indiana locations won four of the 12 awards given.

McAlister’s corporate office measures customer satisfaction through online surveys, Hon said, which asks customers a series of questions about their dining experience.

Hon said Noblesville management rewards its staff at least once per week to show their appreciation for the staff’s hard work and good customer service. The rewards range from ice cream for the staff to bowling nights.

Assistant General Manger Michael Pratt said the store’s employees are the main contributors to customer satisfaction.

“The more staff we have, I think the better the satisfaction,” Pratt said. “They take care of people. We try to make everybody feel as special

The highest overall customer satisfaction for McAlister’s Delis in the nation resides at Hamilton Town Center in Noblesville. (Photo by Navar Watson)

The highest overall customer satisfaction for McAlister’s Delis in the nation resides at Hamilton Town Center in Noblesville. (Photo by Navar Watson)

as we can.”

“I treat my guests like family,” said Tina Burgin, an employee for three-and-a-half-years. “I want to know them on a personal basis.”

Hon called Burgin the “mom” of McAlister’s in Noblesville, both to her customers and her fellow employees.

“I like to have conversations with (the guests),” she said. “I don’t care what we talk about. I just try to know them personally by name. I want them to feel comfortable when they come in.”

Hon said they are aiming to rank first in overall customer satisfaction again next year. He said the area of focus now is to get employees to actually greet customers the moment they walk in the door so that they feel noticed.

“That’s what we try to improve on everyday – trying to ‘wow’ the guests,” Pratt said.

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Reduce screen time today Commentary by Kathleen Connelly Last week I was grocery shopping with my 3-year-old and out of the blue she asks, “Can you buy me an iPad?” What? I laughed fitness a little but she was serious and I think most kids are when they ask their parents for some type of electronic device.

We live in a world now that kids use computers, iPads, e-readers, TVs, video games and cellphones. Wow, that is a lot! Yes, some devices can be used for educational means and the HSE school district currently has an initiative to have each student have their own iPad. However, maybe it is all too much? If kids are using all of these electronics, when are they playing? When are they being active indoors or outdoors? I remember playing outside until our parents made us come in for dinner but today it seems that most kids are inside in front of a screen.

A study done in 2010 by the Kaiser Foundation found the following daily media use results for 8- to 18-year-olds: • Approximately 7.5 hours using entertainment media • Approximately 4.5 hours watching TV • Approximately 1.5 hours on the computer • Over an hour playing video games Of course there is a lot of value in all of the technical advances we have made over the last 50 years but I do think our kids’, even parents’,

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Older kids can use one of the basketball courts at Holland Memorial Park. For the whole family, rent a kayak at Saxony Beach or visit the Monon Community Center in Carmel for water slides.

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Jerash: Ruins and bagpipes Commentary by Don Knebel

The Roman ruins at Jerash, 30 miles north of Amman, are among the best-preserved of any ancient city. Because of meticulous travel restorations, visitors can almost imagine they have returned to the second century, making Jerash the second most popular tourist destination in Jordan.

People have lived near Jerash for more than 6,500 years, but the city remained small until it was conquered by the Roman Empire in 63 B.C. and joined the Decapolis, the league of cities mentioned in the Bible. Known as “Gerasa,” the city prospered from trade with Petra and began building temples, baths and theaters. When Emperor Hadrian visited in 129 A.D., Gerasa erected a three-opening arch in his honor and began a golden age of prosperity. Eventually, the city encompassed 200 acres, with a population of about 20,000. When Christianity became legal in the fourth century, Gerasa residents defaced the temples and built churches.

After Persia conquered Gerasa in 614, the city began a slow decline. In 749, Gerasa was virtually destroyed by an earthquake and the ruins were eventually buried under blowing sands and forgotten. When the ruins were rediscovered in 1806,

the building materials had not been looted as in other ancient cities, allowing reconstruction of structures from the recovered rubble. Today, after almost 100 years of continuous effort, Hadrian’s arch, temples to Zeus and Artemis, two theaters, public baths and fountains, markets and a hippodrome have been at least partially restored. The half-mile-ling cardo ends at an unusual 90-meter long paved oval surrounded by Ionic columns, whose original purpose is still uncertain.

Each July or August, entertainers from around the world celebrate their cultural connections with ancient Rome in the restored southern theater during the Jerash Festival of Culture and Arts. Every day, robed Jordanians in red keffiyehs serenade visitors to the southern theater with bagpipes.

Surprising to many, bagpipes are authentically Roman. Early writings describe Nero playing the tibia utricularis, its pipes probably sewn to the leg and head openings of a sheep skin. The Scots borrowed the idea from invading Roman soldiers. Where the keffiyehs came from is a different story.

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What is an object pronoun? What’s a subject pronoun? Why are they so confounding to people? grammar guy I have no answer for the latter question, but for the first two I think I can help.

First off: What’s a pronoun? A pronoun is a proform that stands in for a noun or noun clause. In the sentence, “I just called John and he is ready to go,” “he” is a pronoun referring to the noun “John.” The noun a pronoun refers to is called the “antecedent.”

For the purpose of this column, pronouns come in two main varieties: subject and object.

A subject pronoun is used when it is standing in as the subject of a sentence. An object pronoun is used as the object of a verb or preposition (which, ultimately, is probably the object of a verb).

In English, our subject pronouns are: I; he; she; we; they; and who. Our object pronouns are: me; him; her; us; them; and whom. The pronouns “it,” “you” and “what” can be used as either

subject or object pronouns, depending upon the context.

How do you figure out is you need a subject or object pronoun, though? Ask yourself: Is this pronoun performing an action, or is it the recipient of an action? A subject performs an action, while an object is acted upon or receives an action.

Let’s consider this example sentence: “Sally threw the football to Megan.” Sally is throwing the football, so she is the subject. Megan is receiving the football (i.e. receiving Sally’s action), so she would get an object pronoun.

With pronouns substituted, that sentence would look like: “She threw the football to her.”

Try to remember this going forward: I/ he/she/we/who/they do things. Things are done to me/him/her/us/whom/them. And if you hear someone misusing pronouns, try to help them.

Only you can prevent pronoun abuse.

Jordan Fischer is a contributing columnist for Current Publishing.

To ask Jordan a grammar question, write him at rjfische@gmail.com.

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Four-season addition opens residence up to the outdoors Commentary by Larry Greene RESULT: The homeowners are finally able to enjoy the outdoor weather without the headache of sun and strong winds. “We love using the space in the morning. We open up all of the windows, drink coffee, read the paper and listen to the birds sing. It’s the best way to ease into the day.”

EXISTING HOME: Located in the Willows subdivision in Zionsville, the owners of this home were tired of their windy and blueprint for sun exposed back patio improvement area. “Our neighborhood is still under development and there are not yet enough homes to block the strong winds. With the sun and winds constantly blowing over our umbrellas, it made it impossible for us to truly enjoy our patio.”

BASEMENT ACCESS: A transition room was added off the kitchen with a staircase leading to the basement. Decorative French doors were added to the design of the transition room which provides the perfect flow from the kitchen and basement to the backyard patio.

NATURAL LIGHT: Preserving natural light was a priority. Fixed windows were added to the existing hearth room wall, basement wall, and on the exterior wall flanking the French doors. Two large skylights were also added to illuminate the basement stairwell.

SUNROOM DESIGN: To make the room feel bright and open, casement windows were installed around the perimeter of the sunroom giving it an abundant amount of natural light while also allowing the cool breeze to come through the room when opened. Cathedral ceilings also give the room a more spacious and open feel.

CONSISTENT INTERIOR & EXTERIOR FINISH: The addition was designed to give a cohesive look with the existing home. Since the original bricks on the exterior of the home were discontinued, new bricks were tinted to perfectly blend with the existing exterior. The interior details were also kept consistent including the rounded wall corners, white painted trim and the antique bronze stairwell balusters.

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